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While New York Sleeps
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7516 feet
Directed by Charles J. Brabin

Cast: Estelle Taylor [a wife (episode one); the vamp (episode two); the girl (episode three)], Marc McDermott [a strange visitor (episode one); the man (episode two); the paralytic (episode three)], Harry Southern [a burglar (episode one); the friend (episode two); the paralytic’s son (episode three)], William Locke [a husband (episode one)], Earl Metcalfe [the gangster (episode three)]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation [A William Fox Special Production]. / Scenario by Charles J. Brabin and Thomas F. Fallon, from a screen story by Charles J. Brabin and Thomas F. Fallon. Assistant director, Al Raboch. Cinematography by George W. Lane. Assistant cameraman, Benny Miggins. Presented by William Fox. / © 23 August 1920 by William Fox [LP15525]. Premiered 27 July 1920 at the Palace Theater in New York, New York. Released September 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4915.

Survival status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Crime: Murder - Criminals: Gangsters - Death - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives - USA: New York: New York - Vamps

Listing updated: 6 May 2009.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.4915; Paris-Brooks p. 24; Slide-Early p. 9 : with additional information provided by Pete Jones.

 
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